Using your free electives to participate in an internship is a great way to put classroom learning into practical experience. While engaged in the supportive environment of an internship, you can test career goals, enhance professional skills, develop self-reliance, self-esteem, and responsibility. Furthermore, these opportunities encourage networking with professionals and will provide increased marketability for employment after graduation.
Below are your two options for earning experiential credits. Please meet with your academic advisor before making a final decision regarding which option is best for you.
JOR 477: Internship
Requirements
- Prerequisites depend on internship
- Permission of instructor and application required
- Journalism majors and minors and public relations minors only
Logistics
- Supervised experience in (a) reporting and writing; (b) editing; (c) radio news; (d) television news
- Earn 3 (120 hours) or 6 (240 hours) credits
- Maximum of 6 credits allowed toward graduation
Contact
- Professor John Pantalone
- Chafee 230
- jpant@uri.edu
- 401.874.9077
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ITR302/304: Field Experience & Seminar
Requirements
- 2.0 cumulative GPA or higher
- Minimum 60 credits prior to internship
- Available free elective credits
- Good academic and social standing
Logistics
- ITR 302 Field Experience: 3-12 credits (S/U grade)
- ITR 304 Seminar: 3 credits (letter grade)
- Seminar is asynchronous online via Brightspace
Contact
Explore Past Internship Opportunities
The following list is a SAMPLE of placements in which students have participated for experiential credits. This list is not exhaustive.
Rhode Island Internships
- WPRI
- WLNE (ABC-6)
- Cumulus Media
- Rhode Island Monthly
- East Greenwich News
Out-Of-State Internships
- 98.5 FM The Sports Hub
- The Boston Globe
- WGBH Educational Foundation
- WFAN Radio New York
- Science Magazine
Sources: ITR Enrollment Data from Spring 2017-Summer 2024